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	'''~~August~~ 2000~~, Kashmir massacre~~''' on 1 ~~and~~ 2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Kashmir ~~Valley~~]] ~~in India~~.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=3 August 2000\|title=Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Tribune India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213212547/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2000/20000803/main1.htm \|archive-date=13 February 2002 }}</ref>		The '''2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack''' on 1-2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Indian Administered Kashmir\|Indian administered Kashmir]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=3 August 2000\|title=Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Tribune India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213212547/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2000/20000803/main1.htm \|archive-date=13 February 2002 }}</ref>

	Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html\|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage\|date=2017-07-11\|work=Firstpost\|access-date=2017-08-24\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=4 August 2000\|title=Amarnath pilgrimage resumes\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=BBC News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm \|archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>		Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html\|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage\|date=2017-07-11\|work=Firstpost\|access-date=2017-08-24\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=4 August 2000\|title=Amarnath pilgrimage resumes\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=BBC News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm \|archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>
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	Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" />		Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" />

	* At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple\|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra\|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Mackinnon\|first=Ian\|date=2000-08-02\|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir\|work=The Independent\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-date=1 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription\|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Bose\|first=Adrija\|date=2017-07-11\|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Huffington Post India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ \|archive-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref>		* At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple\|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra (pilgrimage)\|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Mackinnon\|first=Ian\|date=2000-08-02\|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir\|work=The Independent\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-date=1 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription\|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Bose\|first=Adrija\|date=2017-07-11\|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Huffington Post India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ \|archive-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref>
	* At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" />		* At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" />
	* At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district.<ref name=":0" />		* At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district.<ref name=":0" />

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	'''August 2000, Kashmir massacre''' on 1 and 2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by ~~Kashmiri separatist~~ militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Kashmir Valley]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm\|~~title~~=~~The~~ Tribune~~, Chandigarh,~~ India - ~~Main News\|website~~=www.tribuneindia.com\|~~access~~-date=~~2017-08-24~~}}</ref>		'''August 2000, Kashmir massacre''' on 1 and 2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Kashmir Valley]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|date=3 August 2000\|title=Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley. Army out in Jammu. Central team in Srinagar\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Tribune India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213212547/http://www.tribuneindia.com:80/2000/20000803/main1.htm \|archive-date=13 February 2002 }}</ref>

	Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html\|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage\|date=2017-07-11\|work=Firstpost\|access-date=2017-08-24\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm\|~~title~~=BBC News ~~{{!}} SOUTH ASIA {{!}} Amarnath pilgrimage resumes~~\|~~website~~=news.bbc.co.uk\|~~access~~-date=~~2017-08-24~~}}</ref>		Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html\|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage\|date=2017-07-11\|work=Firstpost\|access-date=2017-08-24\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=4 August 2000\|title=Amarnath pilgrimage resumes\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=BBC News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325164012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm \|archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>

	==Details==		==Details==
	Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" />		Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" />

	~~=== 2000 Amarnath pilgrim massacre at Pahalgam base camp ===~~		* At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple\|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra\|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Mackinnon\|first=Ian\|date=2000-08-02\|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir\|work=The Independent\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html \|archive-date=1 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription\|access-date=2017-08-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Bose\|first=Adrija\|date=2017-07-11\|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2017-08-24\|website=Huffington Post India\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713101606/http://www.huffingtonpost.in:80/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/ \|archive-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref>
	At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple\|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra\|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html\|~~title~~=~~Muslim~~ militants kill 21 ~~Hindu~~ pilgrims in ~~Kashmir~~\|date=~~2000~~-~~08-02\|work~~=~~The Independent~~\|access-date=2017-08-24~~\|language=en-GB~~}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/\|~~title~~=~~A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims~~\|date=2017-07-11\|website=Huffington Post India\|~~access~~-~~date~~=2017-08-24}}</ref>		* At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" />
			* At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village in Doda district.<ref name=":0" />
	~~=== 2000 twin Hindu massacres at Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal ===~~		* At least 7 unarmed civilian were killed when around the same time as Doda attack, another group of terrorists simultaneously attacked another remote village in Kupwara to seven Muslim members of a family of a surrendered former militant.<ref name=":0" />
	At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" />		* At least 8 unarmed civilian were killed and 2 more injured in an ambush by terrorists on a group of [[Village Defence Committees\|Village Defence Committee]] patrol party members of Kayar village of Doda district.<ref name=":0" />

	~~=== 2000 Hindu massacre at Doda ===~~
	At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village.<ref name=":0" />

	~~=== 2000 massacre at Kupwara ===~~
	At least 7 unarmed civilian were killed when around the same time as Doda attack, another group of terrorists simultaneously attacked another remote village in Kupwara to seven Muslim members of a family of a surrendered former militant.<ref name=":0" />

	~~=== 2000 massacre at Kayar ===~~
	At least 8 unarmed civilian were killed and 2 more injured in an ambush by terrorists on a group of [[Village Defence Committees\|Village Defence Committee]] patrol party members of Kayar village of Doda district.<ref name=":0" />

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	Then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee~~]] of [[National Democratic Alliance (India)\|National Democratic Alliance~~]] blamed Pakistan for being determined to sabotage democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":1" />		Then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] blamed Pakistan for being determined to sabotage democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":1" />

	==See also==		==See also==
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	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			==Further reading==
			*{{Cite web\|date=21 August 2000\|title=Lok Sabha Debates. Motion regarding expressing anguish and deep sense of grief over the incidents of killing of innocent persons in Jammu and Kashmir and urging to appoint commission of inquiry.\|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1342931/\|url-status=live\|via=indiankanoon.org}}

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[[File:Cave_Temple_of_Lord_Amarnath.jpg|thumb|240px|Pilgrims at [[Amarnath Temple|Cave shrine]] of Lord Shiva.]]

'''August 2000, Kashmir massacre''' on 1 and 2 August was the [[massacre]] of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by [[Press Trust of India|PTI]]) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Kashmiri separatist militants in [[Anantnag district]] and [[Doda district]] of [[Kashmir Valley]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>

Out of these, 32 were killed on 2 August in 2000, Amarnath yatra massacre at Nunwan base camp in [[Pahalgam]]. Dead included 21 Hindu pilgrims, 7 local Muslim shopkeepers and 3 security officers, and 7 more people were also injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html|title=Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage|date=2017-07-11|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/866133.stm|title=BBC News {{!}} SOUTH ASIA {{!}} Amarnath pilgrimage resumes|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>

==Details==
Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured, in five separate coordinated terror attacks, include the following partial count on the morning of 3 August 2000.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2000 Amarnath pilgrim massacre at Pahalgam base camp ===
At least 32 people and 60 more injured, who were mostly unarmed civilians persons. 21 were Hindu pilgrims, seven Muslims shopkeepers and porters, and 3 security officials. The pilgrims were on their way to [[Amarnath Temple|Amarnath cave shrine]] on [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra|annual pilgrimage]]. Many of those killed were local [[Bakarwal]] gurjar Muslim men and porters hiring their horses and services to ferry the pilgrims to the site.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/muslim-militants-kill-21-hindu-pilgrims-in-kashmir-5370347.html|title=Muslim militants kill 21 Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir|date=2000-08-02|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-08-24|language=en-GB}}</ref> Subsequently, then Prime Minister of India [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] visited [[Pahalgam]] and blamed [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] for the killings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/07/10/amarnath-yatra_a_23024401/|title=A Look At The Bloody History Of Terror Attacks On Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims|date=2017-07-11|website=Huffington Post India|access-date=2017-08-24}}</ref>

=== 2000 twin Hindu massacres at Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal ===
At least 27 civilian migrant labourers from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, were killed in similar simultaneous terror attacks in Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal in Anantnag district.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2000 Hindu massacre at Doda ===
At least 11 unarmed civilian people were killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in a remote village.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2000 massacre at Kupwara ===
At least 7 unarmed civilian were killed when around the same time as Doda attack, another group of terrorists simultaneously attacked another remote village in Kupwara to seven Muslim members of a family of a surrendered former militant.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2000 massacre at Kayar ===
At least 8 unarmed civilian were killed and 2 more injured in an ambush by terrorists on a group of [[Village Defence Committees|Village Defence Committee]] patrol party members of Kayar village of Doda district.<ref name=":0" />

==Aftermath==
Then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] of [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] blamed Pakistan for being determined to sabotage democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
* [[Kanwar Yatra]]
* [[2017 Amarnath Yatra attack]]
* [[2003 Nadimarg massacre]]
* [[Amarnath land transfer controversy]]
* [[Islamic terrorism]]
* [[List of massacres in India]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents in India]]
* [[List of Islamist terrorist attacks]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com}}
* [http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/07/amarnath_journey_to_the_shrine.html Amarnath: Journey to the shrine of a Hindu god], ''[[Boston Globe]]'' news story in pictures, 13 July 2012.

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